2009 Artadi Rioja Pagos Viejos

Community Tasting Notes (29) Avg Score: 92.3 points

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  4/23/2023 - GregBates Likes this wine:

  Very nice, probably time to finish any you have up

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  12/21/2022 - Twowinechicks Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Dark opaque red, ceda, leather, and tobacco notes on the nose, still fresh and astringent, yet muddy, and much more side-to-side than full palate even with a long finish that practically evaporates leaving an astringent coating that somehow remains pleasant. It doesn’t taste too old at all, remarkably fresh, and not as multi-dimensional as I had hoped.

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  7/17/2022 - Philip67 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  This took a while to open up - better the second day. Rich dense blackberry and cassis, along with vanilla and coconut cream. Nice earthiness about this wine as you typically find in Spanish Tempranillo based reds. Good freshness. Long and dry finish, some complexity. Still young better in a few years. Drink over the next 10 years I think.

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  12/24/2021 - sirpat00 wrote: 92 Points

  Double-decanted. A pretty intense nose of ripe blue berry fruit and cranberries, a pinch of spice, dried herbs and floral notes of violets, earthy aging notes. Over time becomes more vegetal, adding green bell pepper. This is not really elegant nor particularly refined. Palate is fresh with lots of power, grippy tannin and a more red berry type of fruit profile. A bit rustic, but drinks well and should hold another 5-10 years.

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  5/31/2021 - mikelikewine Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Having had 2 bottles of this now I still can’t tell if it needs a lot more time, if it’s just not an amazing wine, or if it’s too ‘modern’ for my tastes. This bottle was slow-oxed for a day and I had one glass at the end of day 1. Was very muted and certainly not worth its price tag. Left the bottle until the next night and it was slightly better but still only just above average. Considering I paid about £50 a bottle I was expecting much more! Will leave it a good few years before trying another bottle.

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